South Africa finish Day 1 at 82/3 after Pakistan posted 211 in the first innings of the first Test match

[SpiritOf1903]

Masood is not an international cricketer yet he's captain

 

[Ahmed216]

Not very quick but there's steep bounce

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Unplayable from KG

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rabada should go around the wicket.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Classy bowling. Pak hanging on.

 

[BouncerGuy]

That is close...saim??

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Sliding down I think.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Umpire's call saved him... That would have been a goner any other day

 

[imshally81]

Lucky Saim

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Jansen really should use his height a lot more and get batters fending at the ball. Needlessly bowling full

 

[Ahmed216]

Shan Masood has mistimed every shot so far

 

[Nikhil_cric]

That's the length, Marco.

 

[Ahmed216]

That's the length, Marco.

Really is a surface for tall men.

We are playing with shorties

 

[Ahmed216]

2nd day Centurion pitch is the quickest. 3rd day onwards uneven bounce creeps in

 

[BouncerGuy]

Sensible from saim so far.

 

[Ahmed216]

Sensible from saim so far.

Very good batting actually. Hasn't followed the ball with his hands

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Really is a surface for tall men.

We are playing with shorties

Yeah but they aren't really hitting the deck like they did against Lanka.

End of a long season I suppose with white ball cricket against India and PAK and Tests against SL

 

[Croma]

17-0: No wickets yet... so a good start then eh?

 

[BouncerGuy]

17-0: No wickets yet... so a good start then eh?

Better than what abdullah would have provided.. we would have been 0/1 if he was there

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Masood played a couple of good innings on the last tour back in 2018/19. Interested to see if he can put up any innings of substance this time. His position in the side, just like his captaincy always seems to be hanging by a thread.

Even when he's batting somehow you feel he could be out at any moment

 

[Ahmed216]

Rabada should go around the wicket.

Causing problems from around the wicket

 

[MHN1293]

Good shot

 

[BouncerGuy]

Superb over from rabada.. saim was all over the place in this over but he ends the over with a 4

 

[Ahmed216]

Paterson will hit much better areas

 

[Dantheone]

Pakistan is lucky to have survived so far. Pitch is seaming and bouncing.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Somehow they survived Rabada's opening spell. I want to say that the worst is over but knowing Pakistan I fully expect them to give plenty of wickets to Corbin Bosch

 

[Croma]

Rabada has 319 wickets at 21.73. SUrely a current test great?

 

[Amjid Javed]

Saim, needs to reign in the flashy drives.

These are dumb shots SL batsmen played and got out to.

Saim needs to Play low risk shots and earn runs here

 

[IAJ]

Good start by the openers. Please don't throw it away now. Will sun come out later on?

 

[IAJ]

Rabada bowling in the right channel, keep working hard boys.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Sensible from saim so far.

Lol, he's played way to many wafts outside offstick in this inns

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Solid cricket here all round.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Our openers need to realize this is "test" cricket

Therefore some application and get through this tough period

 

[IAJ]

4 no-balls from this trundler

 

[gazza619]

If I was Paterson’s captain, I would go to him and slap him on his face for bowling half a dozen no balls at 125 kph

 

[gazza619]

4 no-balls from this trundler

Has he been picked under some kinda quota?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Saim, needs to reign in the flashy drives.

These are dumb shots SL batsmen played and got out to.

Saim needs to Play low risk shots and earn runs here

Have you even watched this innings? Saim has been playing the ball very late and cautiously

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Wow. SA are confident of blasting PAK out under 250 with makeshift seamers like Bosch and Paterson?

That's a very bold call to be honest.

Already looking like a poor decision tbh

 

[Amjid Javed]

Have you even watched this innings? Saim has been playing the ball very late and cautiously

Hes wafted at a few from Rabada as well

 

[IAJ]

Already looking like a poor decision tbh

Well good teams need only one good bowler, like one-man army Bumrah. So Rabada should be enough for SA with support from Jansen's bounce.

 

[emranabbas]

Excellent decision by kaptana shan to drop Abdullah shafique and to open with saim

 

[gazza619]

Shan looking comfortable now. This is when he usually throws it away.

 

[IAJ]

Shan looking comfortable now. This is when he usually throws it away.

Then it's better he stays uncomfortable.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Already looking like a poor decision tbh

Let's see where Pakistan are end of session and end of day

Pakistan has habit of folding in such conditions

 

[gazza619]

Excellent decision by kaptana shan to drop Abdullah shafique and to open with saim

There is only one kaptaana

 

[IAJ]

One man army Bumrah is clearly not working for India. The argument is defeating itself

Good try, but without him Aus would have been 3-0 up before 4th Test, so yes it is clearly working. Aur kuch?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Good try, but without him Aus would have been 3-0 up before 4th Test, so yes it is clearly working. Aur kuch?

No it's not. You make no sense.

 

[emranabbas]

There is only one kaptaana

Shan is test kaptaana

 

[Nikhil_cric]

PAK need 300. SA will struggle from that point.

 

[IAJ]

First hour to Pakistan. Just don't throw it away.

 

[IAJ]

PAK need 300. SA will struggle from that point.

Tumharay munh mein ghee shakkar

 

[gazza619]

Shan looking comfortable now. This is when he usually throws it away.

Told u guys

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Moment of truth. The easiest bowler into the attack which means he will be the most dangerous for PAK.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rabada has found an average seam movement of 1.5 degrees and has hit the money length (6-7 m) very often at good pace.

But he's getting significantly more bounce than he usually does from this surface leading to plays and misses. Extra bounce favouring PAK.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Pakistan Cricket Team Making heroes out of debutants

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Shan threw that away

 

[IAJ]

Ouff stupid shot by the captain, but good for the debutant and his family.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shan's pathetic run continues... Pakistan 1 down for 36

 

[Nikhil_cric]

That's the problem with the Shan . He's probably the best batsman against seam movement but throws it away to rubbish balls.

 

[emranabbas]

Kaptaana gone

 

[IAJ]

Need a big score from Babar here.

 

[IAJ]

Poor ball, but Babar is off and running

 

[Amjid Javed]

As expected a dumb shot by one of opener

 

[gazza619]

Shan has kinda done his job playing 58 balls in these conditions against Rabada & Jansen. We shouldn’t really expect more from him considering his average in test cricket

 

[Abid Z]

That's the problem with the Shan . He's probably the best batsman against seam movement but throws it away to rubbish balls.

Absolutely. It was a rubbish ball but Shan just gets overly aggressive at times tries to biff it, going too hard at it. Really frustrating to watch him

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Babar needs to deliver here, don’t see anyone apart from these two contributing much here.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I like Corbin Bosch. Tall, strapping lad who can bowl with some decent pace and bat fairly well. This is the guy they should be investing in as their main seam-bowling all-rounder.

 

[Ahmed216]

I like Corbin Bosch. Tall, strapping lad who can bowl with some decent pace and bat fairly well. This is the guy they should be investing in as their main seam-bowling all-rounder.

But he needs a few to land in good areas. Let's see how he settles into this spell.

Not a great FC record

 

[Abid Z]

I like Corbin Bosch. Tall, strapping lad who can bowl with some decent pace and bat fairly well. This is the guy they should be investing in as their main seam-bowling all-rounder.

He’s all the above but quite wayward. Will give runs.

And there we go Saim gone also.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Absolutely. It was a rubbish ball but Shan just gets overly aggressive at times tries to biff it, going too hard at it. Really frustrating to watch him

He is without a doubt the most frustrating batter to watch. Even in Australia he played some good innings but his propensity to throw his wicket away can be very annoying.

 

[Ahmed216]

Paterson is FC veteran. 603 wickets at 23.
He does know what areas to hit on these surfaces

 

[Rana]

big trouble now

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I like Corbin Bosch. Tall, strapping lad who can bowl with some decent pace and bat fairly well. This is the guy they should be investing in as their main seam-bowling all-rounder.

Doesn't have the accuracy even at 30 years of age.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Saim departs as well... gone for 14

 

[Ahmed216]

It's seaming and bouncing

 

[gazza619]

KG will earn a lot of respect if he scores some runs in these conditions.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

But he needs a few to land in good areas. Let's see how he settles into this spell.

Not a great FC record

I'm talking about the future. Don't expect him to do much here. Though he is 30 and certainly no youngster but still.

 

[Rana]

Beautiful bowling by Petersen

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Paterson is FC veteran. 603 wickets at 23.
He does know what areas to hit on these surfaces

Probably the best example of the fact that you don't need pace to be successful in South Africa.

 

[Abid Z]

He is without a doubt the most frustrating batter to watch. Even in Australia he played some good innings but his propensity to throw his wicket away can be very annoying.

Agreed. completely needlessly gifting their wickets. They were both playing beautifully and straight then suddenly the bowling changes and they think they can start playing loose. Really annoying